IANA tz database · zone identifier

Pacific/Palau

The IANA tz database identifier for Palau Time in Palau. Store this string — not the abbreviation, not the offset — and your timestamps stay correct forever.

UTC+09:00Abbreviation +09No daylight saving
Time in Pacific/Palau☀ Daylight
08:00:24
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Offset
UTC+09:00
Abbreviation
+09
DST
No DST

Current offset

UTC+09:00

same year-round

Abbreviation

+09

tzdb uses numeric abbreviations here

DST behaviour

None

one offset all year

Country

🇵🇼 Palau

ISO 3166: PW · view country page →

Using this identifier

The string to put in your code.

Pacific/Palau is the identifier to use in code and config for this region. Every modern language, database, and OS resolves it through the same tz database, so the examples here behave identically everywhere.

Avoid storing +09 or +09:00 — abbreviations are ambiguous and fixed offsets can't follow rule changes.

// format a date in this zone
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', {
timeZone: 'Pacific/Palau',
dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long'
}).format(new Date());

Offset & DST behaviour

One offset,
125 years.

Pacific/Palau has kept UTC+09:00 year-round since 1 January 1901 — no daylight saving and no offset changes on record since. It is among the most stable identifiers in the database.

Every offset this zone has kept

+08:57:56UTC+09:00 · UNCHANGED 1 January 1901 NOW

Keeping this offset since

1 January 1901

Next transition

None scheduled

no DST rules exist for this zone

Safe to assume

Local = UTC + 9h, always

…but store the identifier anyway

Technical record

The database entry, in full.

source: IANA tz database · release 2026d

IdentifierPacific/Palau
ISO country codePW🇵🇼 Palau
Reference coordinates7.33°N, 134.48°Etz database reference point
Standard offsetUTC+09:00abbreviation +09
Daylight offset—no daylight saving time
tzdb release2026ddata current as of this IANA release

Where it applies

All of Palau, one clock.

Looking for travel-friendly info? See Ngerulmud or Palau Time.

🇵🇼
Palau

22K people, one time zone. The whole country resolves to Pacific/Palau.

Country page →
🇵🇼 Ngerulmud
08:00
08:00:24 · +09
population unknownPALAUT

Related identifiers

Nearby in the database.

Same offset · UTC+09:00

other zones keeping this offset right now

Frequently asked questions

Answers specific to this identifier — generated from the database record. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].

What UTC offset is Pacific/Palau?
Pacific/Palau is UTC+09:00, year-round. The offset never changes because the zone does not observe daylight saving time.
Does Pacific/Palau observe daylight saving time?
No. Pacific/Palau stays on UTC+09:00 all year, as it has since 1 January 1901.
Which country uses Pacific/Palau?
Palau. The identifier covers the whole country.
Is Pacific/Palau the same as PALAUT?
Pacific/Palau is one of the IANA zones that keeps Palau Time (PALAUT). Use Pacific/Palau in software — PALAUT is a human-friendly label, not a valid identifier.

Free · Developer API

This zone, as JSON.

Its live offset, abbreviation and DST status, plus its coordinates and country, from one endpoint.

GET /v1/timezones Live

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// this identifier, resolved live
GET /v1/timezones/Pacific/Palau
{
"data": {
"iana": "Pacific/Palau",
"observes_dst": false,
"country": { "code": "PW", "name": "Palau" },
"current": {
"utc_offset": "+09:00",
"abbreviation": "+09",
…
},
…
}
}